Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-11


man and several miners went through tht
opening, but the gas was found to be very
| strong Lighted lanterns were extinguishe(
two feet from the opening. The drift il
very close and hot allowing no person tt
remain in the drift any length of time
Those attempting to do SO were forced t.
retreat. On account of the drift beins
toward the Curry shaft no bad smells wert
perceptible. Later on the various drift.
| were explored in the search for the bodie.
of the unfortunate men, but without sue
cess. and the belief became general uha
they were buried under a mass of debris il
the drift where the cave had occurred.
[Copight, 1887. By the California Associated Press.
| FOUND AT LAST.
| VIRGINIA New, July 10th-12:3O A. M
The remains of all the six of the imprisoned
miners were found in the old drift, 200 fee
from the winze. They are all lying close
| together. The cave prevented them from
reaching the Wine.
The bodies are recognizable. Several o.
| the relief party were overcome by the ga;
and foul air. 1t is thought that the dead
bodies of the miners will be brought to the
| surface in an hour or two.
| The following is list of the entombeC
| miners:
Edward Jeffrey is about 3S years of age
| and has widowed mother.
Martin Tregallis is single man about q
| years of age.
Peter Eddy has wife and three children
| He is about 3S years of age
| John Kennedy is single man 81 years
of age and a native of the United States.
Charles Dougherty is supposed to be
| married, and native of America, about A
| years of sge.
Foster Hamilton, age and nativity un.
| known.
LATER.-Nothing can be done before OF
s O'Clock this morning toward bringing
| the bodies to the surface. The drift is
| found TO have badly caved. 1t is scarcely
large enough to'admit the bulk of one man
crawling through. The bodies will be
| boxed, and it is not expected that they will
be brought to the surface for some hours
fCopyiga 1887, by The California 4ssOciG.ed Press.
| CONDITION OF THE BODIES.
| VIRGINIA, July 10th-P. M.-The air-pipe
has been extended along the old Ferguson
| drift 10 where the bodies of the six men
lie. The air is not half as hot in the drift
as it was yesterday. This afternoon the
undertaken went down with disinfectants
to prepare and box the bodies preparatory
to bringing them to the surface
| The bodies of the men were found at a
| distance of about 500 feet from where they
| opened the bulkhead and entered the drift
and within 200 feet of the incline winze for
which they We're making. The winze is
| on Consolidated Virginia ground, and
leads down to the 100 level. They were
| stopped by big cave that closed the drift
| All were found lying in line along the
| drift. Peter Eddy was in the lead. Next
to him lay John Kennedy, then Edward
| jeffrey, then Charles Dougherty Behind
him Martin Tregallis, and in the rear Eos.
ter Hamilton. The men appear to have
been completely exhausted, and when they
found their way Stoppedsby the drift, lay
| down and died.
| Owing to the great heat of the drift, the
bodies have been completely desiccated
| and no smell was observed by those who
were STOPPING over them IN order to iden-
| tify them. Although their faces are much
darkened, all were readily recognized by
| men who knew them.
Two brothers of John Kennedy went
| down in the mine to-day and at once iden-
| titled his body. With Chas. Dougherty
was found his dinner pail, with his gold
| watch in the top part. A lot of candles
were found streWn about where the men
lay. All the bodies were naked. with the
| exception of drawers. No writing of any
| kind has been found.
The tin-pails have all been looked over
| in expectation of finding some thing
| scratched on them with the points of the
candlesticks. 1t was thought that Eddy
would have written something. as on a
| former occasion, when in a similar posi-
ton, he wrote every half hour. The bodies
have not yet been disturbed at ? o'clock
this afternoon. Therefore it is not known
but there may be some writing beneath
them or in their pockets,
THE BRAVE FIGHT FOR LIFE
In the drift between where the bodies
were found and the bulkhead at the main
Best 6 Belcher 1 500 drift are some big
caves that must be dug and leveled down
before the bodies can be brought out One
of these caves is of great length and hight.
Last night thirty-six men, in six shifts.
worked on these caves, and at putting in
the air-pipe. At 3 o'clock this afternoon
an equal number were put on as a relief
| twenty-six men being sent over from the
Curry. They think they will get the
| bodies to the surface this evening.
Miners who have examined the 1,5GO
station in the Bonner shaft say that the six
men undoubtedly fought the fire in the
station for long time, 1t is found that
| they carried back out of the old east station
where the fire originated g large lot of
| primers to prevent them from exploding
1t was at this station that two large coils
| of hose were attached to hydrant with
| 200 feet of pressure. The hose was attached
| to the hydrant, and they only had to turn
| the cock to get en- stream
| The east station shows that they
| must have put out the fire there, as the
lovv oil
| What beat the men was the cave. When
| that occurred it would seem that they left
the station and attacked the bulkhead of
| the old drift, in order to pass through it to
the winze leading down to the |, l,7001eyel
| of the Consolidated Virginia. and out by
way of the Sutro tunnel. Kennedy was
| we'll acquainted with the old drift, and
| Bougherty was an old Sutro tunnel man.
All the water pals carried by the men
were empty. They could have got fresh
supply by returning to the bulkhead, where
barrel two-thirds full stood on a truck in
the main drift. but it would seem that their
efforts put forth in fighting the fire at the
station and the work Of opening the way
| through the bulkhead, added TO the labor
of climbing the piles of caved dirt, and
squeezing through narrow places in the
foul air and great heat completely ex-
hausted them.
iGoPyTig, 1857, BY tAe CalJo7aia Associated Press
TOO MUCH FOR USDERTAKER oosBoIE.
VIRGINIA CRY, July 10th.-Evening-
About , o'clock this afternoon J. A. Con-
boie, the undertaken, went into the mine to
ilPrepare the bodies for removal to the sur
face. He took a fve-gallon demijohn of
disinfectants with which to wash the
bodies. He reached the point where the
bodies lay, but in 3 short time after he
coGenced operations he was overcome bv
the heat and had 10 be brought to the sur
face. The task of preparing the bodies
then devolyed upon miner-a French
man-who has had some experience IN the
undertaking line
EJRTHER PARTICULARS From BELOW.
Frem Superintendent Lyman and Others
who came out of the mine about O'Clock
some additional particulars is regard to
the desd miners have been cleaned. Pete
Eddy, who was in the lead of the partE.
was fouad with shovel IN his hand. Johr
Kennedy, just behind hina, was found with
an AK uHder his arm, and JeffreVs. who
lay next 20 Kennedy, had q shovel by his
side. Miners say the party had evidently
divided themselves into two shifts or